Club Almagro
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| Full name | Club Almagro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | El Tricolor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | January 6, 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Tres de Febrero, José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires province (Capacity 19.000) |
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| Chairman | Rafael Cianflone Mottola | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Horacio Cirricione | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Primera B Nacional Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clausura 2007 | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Almagro is a sports club in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a professional football team currently playing in the Argentine second division. It was founded on January 6, 1911 in the Almagro neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.
The club still has several sports facilities in Almagro for its members, but the Almagro football stadium is located in 2223 Marcelo T. de Alvear, José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires province and has a capacity of 19 000.
Almagro played one year in first division in 1938 after winning the first second division tournament that awarded a promotion. Later the team won the 1968 second division tournament, but had to participate in the Reclasificatorio tournament with first division teams and other second divisioners and didn't won the promotion. The Tricolores played most of the time in second division, a few years in third division, but in 2000 and 2004 they won the promotion to first division, only to be relegated both times after only one season.
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[edit] Current squad 2007/08
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[edit] Titles
Argentine Second Division:
- Clausura 1996
- Primera B 1968
- Segunda División 1937
Argentine Third Division:
- Primera C 1971
[edit] Notable former players
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[edit] External links
- Almagro's official site (Spanish)
- Almagro's unofficial page (Spanish)
- El sitio de Almagro - El diario tricolor digital (Spanish)
- Almagro mi pasión-La pagina del hincha (Spanish)
- Almagro de mi vida-La revista tricolor (Spanish)
- Azul, Blanco y Negro. Si sos de Almagro, entrás (Spanish)
